diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -947,6 +947,9 @@
 coreconfigitem('profiling', 'showmin',
     default=dynamicdefault,
 )
+coreconfigitem('profiling', 'showtime',
+    default=True,
+)
 coreconfigitem('profiling', 'sort',
     default='inlinetime',
 )
diff --git a/mercurial/help/config.txt b/mercurial/help/config.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/config.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/config.txt
@@ -1780,6 +1780,11 @@
 
     The option is unused on other formats.
 
+``showtime``
+    Show time taken as absolute durations, in addition to percentages.
+    Only used by the ``hotpath`` format.
+    (default: true)
+
 ``progress``
 ------------
 
diff --git a/mercurial/profiling.py b/mercurial/profiling.py
--- a/mercurial/profiling.py
+++ b/mercurial/profiling.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
             # inconsistent config: profiling.showmin
             limit = ui.configwith(fraction, 'profiling', 'showmin', 0.05)
             kwargs[r'limit'] = limit
+            showtime = ui.configbool('profiling', 'showtime')
+            kwargs[r'showtime'] = showtime
 
         statprof.display(fp, data=data, format=displayformat, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/mercurial/statprof.py b/mercurial/statprof.py
--- a/mercurial/statprof.py
+++ b/mercurial/statprof.py
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@
     for sample in data.samples:
         root.add(sample.stack[::-1], sample.time - lasttime)
         lasttime = sample.time
+    showtime = kwargs.get(r'showtime', True)
 
     def _write(node, depth, multiple_siblings):
         site = node.site
@@ -695,7 +696,9 @@
             # lots of string formatting
             listpattern = ''.ljust(indent) +\
                           ('\\' if multiple_siblings else '|') +\
-                          ' %4.1f%%  %s %s'
+                          ' %4.1f%%' +\
+                          (' %5.2fs' % node.count if showtime else '') +\
+                          '  %s %s'
             liststring = listpattern % (node.count / root.count * 100,
                                         filename, function)
             codepattern = '%' + ('%d' % (55 - len(liststring))) + 's %d:  %s'